can|tus fir|mus

can|tus fir|mus
can|tus fir|mus «KAN tuhs FUR muhs», Music.
1. = plain song. (Cf.plain song)
2. a melody held unchanged throughout a composition, above or below which other melodic or contrapuntal parts are added and varied.
[< Medieval Latin cantus firmus < Latin cantus, -ūs song, firmus set, fixed]

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